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Dr. J looks back on how his 1981 MVP opened the door for non-centers after years of dominance by the NBA’s giants.
We are a quarter of the way through this century and the century did not start off well for the Atlanta Hawks, they have been ...
Regular-season Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award winners: Atlanta Hawks Bob Pettit stands alone in Hawks history as their only regular-season MVP—winning the award not just once, but twice.
West achieved All-Star honors in every season of his pro career, which only three other players with 10-plus seasons of NBA experience (Julius Erving, Bob Pettit and Paul Arizin) have ...
Among the highlights was his 1957 NBA Championship ring, awarded after the Celtics defeated the Bob Pettit-led St. Louis Hawks in that year's Finals.
Bob Pettit had the third-highest scoring total in a Game 7. He had 39 for the St. Louis Hawks against the Celtics in 1957 … and Boston won that game as well.
Bob Pettit, Hawks, 79 FTA (1958) Pettit put the Hawks on his back during the 1958 NBA Finals, leading St. Louis to a championship against the favored Celtics after Bill Russell went down with ...
Cliff Hagan and Bob Pettit, Hawks Not the Atlanta Hawks, the St. Louis Hawks. Hagan and Pettit were the first members of the finals 40-30 club.
When the Pacers and Thunder play Sunday, it will be the 20th Game 7 in NBA Finals history. Take a look at how the other 19 played out.